`search_articles`

Pack: devto · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/devto/mcp

Search DEV.to articles by tag with pagination support. Returns title, author, tags, reactions, comments, reading time, and URL for each result.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`tag`	string	no	Tag to filter by (e.g., “typescript”, “rust”, “ai”)
`page`	number	no	Page number for pagination (default 1)
`limit`	number	no	Number of articles per page (default 10, max 30)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "tag": "typescript",
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 10
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/devto/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_articles","arguments":{"tag":"typescript","page":1,"limit":10}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_articles', {
  "tag": "typescript",
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 10
});

More examples

{
  "tag": "rust",
  "page": 2
}

Response shape

Always returns: page, articles

Field	Type	Description
`page`	number	Current page number
`articles`	array	List of article summaries

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "page": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Current page number"
    },
    "articles": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of article summaries",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Article numeric ID"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Article title"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article description or excerpt"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Article URL"
          },
          "published_at": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Publication timestamp (ISO 8601 format)"
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "List of tags associated with article",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "reading_time_minutes": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Estimated reading time in minutes"
          },
          "reactions": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Count of public reactions"
          },
          "comments": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Count of comments"
          },
          "author": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article author information",
            "properties": {
              "name": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Author full name"
              },
              "username": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Author username"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "title",
          "description",
          "url",
          "published_at",
          "tags",
          "reading_time_minutes",
          "reactions",
          "comments",
          "author"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "page",
    "articles"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devto": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/devto/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_articles